Another Mid-South child has died after complications with the H1N1 swine flu. This time, it was a 12 year old boy. The death is the second in less than a week at LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center. Tuesday, doctors announced their concern over a slight spike in numbers of children admitted to the hospital with flu-like symptoms.
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Boy Dies from H1N1 Swine Flu Virus (FOX 13 Memphis)
Susan Somerville, a legislative aide in Annapolis, finally received her H1N1 vaccination Thursday, even as state health officials prepare for the possibility of another spike in swine flu infections.
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State employees vaccinated as Maryland braces for possible third wave of H1N1 (The Prince George’s Sentinel)
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) – A 12-year-old has died of complications from the H1N1 flu, officials at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center said Wednesday.
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12-year-old dies from H1N1 complications (WLBT 3 Jackson)
MECHANICVILLE — The flu may have faded from the headlines as a threat to public health but that doesn’t mean that local health officials aren’t concerned. Instead, the lack of focus by the public at-large means that the H1N1 flu may present an even greater heath threat during the remaining winter months.
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Mechanicville schools holding flu clinic (The Troy Record)
Texas State is not free of the H1N1 flu strain despite beliefs the virus has disappeared. Emilio Carranco, director of the Student Health Center, said he is expecting another wave of the virus. Carranco said health officials, who believe the H1N1 virus will remain the dominant flu strain, are urging people to get vaccinated. Karen Gordon-Sosby, associate director at the Student Health Center …
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Don’t ‘flu’ around: H1N1 expected to return (The University Star)
HORSHAM, Pa., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — While cold and flu season is always unpredictable, this year is already one of the worst to date with flu outbreaks across the nation stemming from the arrival of the H1N1 virus and another wave of seasonal flu on the horizon.
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Cold and Flu Season Can Be Worse for People With Asthma and COPD (redOrbit)
Cruise lines and airlines say they’re taking extra precautions to protect passengers and crew members against the threat of the H1N1 flu and seasonal flu.
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Airlines, cruise lines take flu fight seriously (Dallas Morning News)
Canada is now well into its usual flu season and, while the H1N1 virus is still circulating and causing some deaths, it appears to have been kept at bay so far this year.
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H1N1 flu numbers down, but still a threat (Canada.com)
Following the deaths of two Hawaii residents, health officials urge residents to be vaccinated for the H1N1 flu.
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Hawaii Officials Say 2 Die Of H1N1 Flu (KITV Honolulu)
The two strains of the H1N1 influenza virus responsible for the 1918 and 2009 global flu pandemics do not cause disease in birds.
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1918 And 2009 H1N1 Flu Probably Not Spread By Birds (redOrbit)